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Paiwan women pounding millet 4

NCL Special Collection / 4030 / Published by Fujikura Bookstore, Taipei /Printed in Sekishindo, Tokyo, Japan / About 1910s / 《Faces of the Century (Part II)》

This was taken by Mori Ushinosuke in September 1905. It shows Paiwan women of the Tokubun Group pounding millet. On the left are their houses, and on the right are their barns. The Tokubun Group is now located in Dewen Village of Sandimen Township of Pingtung County.